by Daisy | Mar 22, 2011 | Conversation, Fencepost
I’m stepping onto my soapbox today, frustrated because I can’t enjoy the smells of Spring without the periodic stench of lawn chemicals. I worry what they may be doing to my children, myself, you, and the environment. Frustrated because I fear a fight to...
by Daisy | Mar 21, 2011 | Conversation, Fencepost
It was winter. Like every year, I was beginning to forget what it felt like to be warm. I was going crazy for something involving dirt, planting, growing. Anything. So I planted ginseng. It was freezing cold, but I warmed up pretty fast hacking back the ivy and...
by Daisy | Mar 17, 2011 | Conversation, Fencepost
I love this. When the first asparagus pops through I might just fall over. I don’t love this: It looks especially bad when you know it used to look like this: Until somebody decided it looked like a soft place for a nap. So I’ve poked sticks all around the...
by Daisy | Mar 9, 2011 | Conversation, Fencepost
Every year I wish I had an asparagus patch and every year I fail to plant one. I kept coming up with excuses. Don’t have the right spot, it’s too expensive, they take too long to get established. If I planted asparagus the first year I realized I wanted...
by Daisy | Mar 5, 2011 | Conversation, Fencepost
It’s the last days of winter and I think the only thing I’m going to miss about it is the winter honeysuckle. To make some garden-like use of the long, cold months I’ve slowly been doing a remodel on my vegetable/fruit garden. It’s been growing...
by Daisy | Mar 3, 2011 | Conversation, Fencepost
I’m excited about the first pea sprouts. Here they are, almost not here, so tiny. But here. Vegetative growth. In early March. I’m starting to learn how to make cool season crops work here in zone 7 where we have a short Spring followed closely by a whole...
